The fire was reportedly triggered by the explosion of a microwave oven that had been left unattended in the kitchen compartment of the committee room. A section of the Senate wing of the National Assembly was gutted by fire on Read more…
Category: Environment
Oyo State Government has demolished a three-bedroom bungalow in the Lako Community along the Aiyegun-Anaye Road in Ibadan, following allegations that the property was used as a hideout by suspected kidnappers who abducted the younger sister of former Minister of Read more…
Since Friday, May 15, when armed bandits attacked three schools in Ahoro-Esinele and Yawota communities of Oriire Local Government Area in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, there have been a series of threats, rumours and false alarm raised across Lagos and Ogun communities. The Read more…
No fewer than 50 workers escaped death after a three-storey building still under construction at Umuoma village, Umuoji, Idemili North Local Government Area, Anambra State, collapsed. Witnesses disclosed that in the morning of the fateful day, prior to the collapse, more Read more…
The Anambra State Government has announced the commencement of statewide clearance of waterways and drainage channels as part of measures to prevent flooding and environmental degradation ahead of the rainy season. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Tochukwu Obodogha, disclosed in Read more…
By Ijeoma John, Nnewi The Anambra State Electricity Regulatory Commission ASERC, has promised its customers in Nnewi and Okija of stable electricity supply in no distance time. The Managing Director of ASERC, Prof Frank Nwoye Okafor while speaking at the Read more…
Artemis II’s astronauts closed out humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than half a century with a Pacific splashdown on Friday, blazing new records near the moon with grace and joy. It was a dramatic grand finale to a mission that revealed not only Read more…
Prince Harry is facing a lawsuit from the charity he co-founded 20 years ago to honor his late mother, Princess Diana. A court record made public Friday shows the charity, Sentebale, which provides support to young people in Lesotho and Botswana living with Read more…
Russia’s state nuclear company Rosatom evacuated a further 198 of its staff from Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant on Saturday, Russian news agencies reported. Rosatom has been evacuating staff from the plant since the Iran war broke out at the Read more…
By Uzo Ugwunze The proactive and pragmatic Mayor of Idemili North LGA, Chief Stanley Nkwoka (Ochendo Idemili) has inspected a failed portion at Afor Nkpor 4 – Road junction promising to commence rehabilitation at that portion of the road within Read more…
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to target Iran’s energy infrastructure, including the country’s desalination plants. Such a move — and Iran’s possible targeting of the plants of its Gulf Arab neighbors — could have devastating impacts across the water-starved Read more…
By Uzo Ugwunze Head of Works Department and Town Engineer, for Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State, Engr. Samuel Udefi has called for greater enlightenment campaign on climate change crisis, adaptation and migration, especially at the grassroots level. Read more…